Corporate Counsel

at  Aon Corporation

Posting Description:

• Great opportunity to join a global market leader and become a pivotal member of a growing & highly regarded legal team
• Advance your legal knowledge of financial services, insurance services, corporate and commercial practice
• Aon will provide you a meaningful, stimulating and exciting career
• Flexible working arrangements

THE OPPORTUNITY: CORPORATE COUNSEL

We are seeking a talented individual to join Aon’s legal team – based in Sydney - as a Corporate Counsel.
The Corporate Counsel (Commercial) will be a member of the Aon Law Division reporting to the Head of Commercial Law. The Corporate Counsel will provide professional support to the business including timely advice and a range of commercial and transactional legal services.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE THAT WILL LEAD TO SUCCESS

The ideal candidate will have 5 years PQE in a top or middle tier law firm and/or in-house legal department.

• Previous relevant corporate and commercial experience or general insurance sector and/or financial services sector experience required.
• Specific knowledge of insurance law in Australia preferred.
• Strong analytic skills, including the ability to analyse and discern issues, risks and solutions.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately and handle multiple engagements, processes and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills with ability to work with others under pressure and to resolve differences in a constructive manner.
• Be culturally sensitive and empathetic across all levels of Aon and Aon clients.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to optimally communicate ideas to sophisticated internal clients together with ability to persuade and negotiate effectively.
• Ability to process sensitive and highly confidential information with discretion.
• A proactive and self-disciplined approach.
• Highly motivated, results oriented and client focussed.
• Able to uphold values of openness, integrity, honesty and teamwork.

Please refer the Job description for details